School of Environment and Sustainability
Graduate Attributes
SENS Graduates ….
Think holistically with ethical intent
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Apply critical and creative thinking to sustainability problems
Transcend disciplinary boundaries to achieve harmonious integration of human and natural systems
Identify and assess how human and natural systems work and interact
Deeply understand sustainability
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Explain and understand the origins and multiple dimensions of sustainability
Think across and within systems
Develop a fulsome vocabulary to demonstrate a deep understanding of sustainability
Understand how complexity and uncertainty affect the sustainability of socio-ecological systems
Integrate a range of perspectives and ways of knowing
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Demonstrate and encourage respect for a range of perspectives and ways of knowing
Are able to articulate the benefits and limitations of a range of perspectives and ways of knowing
Are profoundly aware of their own position, its strengths, limitations, and assumptions
Are ambassadors for sustainability and agents of change
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Mobilize theory into practice to solve problems
Ask bold/difficult/challenging questions
Are courageous, tenacious risk-takers in the face of change
Can perceive practical solutions and new insights to sustainability challenges
Have research expertise
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Can work effectively in interdisciplinary, inter-cultural and/or cross-sectoral teams
Understand the process of research
Know how to design and execute effective interdisciplinary research
Can synthesize, integrate, analyze and evaluate data for the purpose of creating new knowledge
Know how to conduct research ethically
Demonstrate collaborative, leadership and professional skills in knowledge sharing
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Can work effectively in interdisciplinary, intercultural and/or cross-sectoral teams
Can plan and manage sustainability projects and research
Can effectively manage self in the context of sustainability projects (e.g. setting realistic deadlines, being reliable, working
effectively under uncertainty, solving problems, maintaining a positive attitude, modelling professional conduct)
Can facilitate, mediate, translate, and communicate knowledge to appropriate audiences in many different forms
Have a substantive area of expertise in keeping with their program of study
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Demonstrate excellence within their chosen field of study
Can create, analyze, synthesize and communicate within their field(s) of study
Can communicate their expertise effectively to those outside that field